On Jan. 15, 2012, This class marked the first time a Grammy-winning producer worked with a professor at Duke University to help teach students about how music from the 1960s, '70s and '80s is still heard in the beats listened to in 2012.

The Durham Fire Department began in December 1872, with two, 20-foot ladders and a few volunteers. By 1876, 33 volunteers had been recruited, and within four years, a hook and ladder company and a bucket company were formed.

George Proctor started out as a farmer in 1891 according to an early census. By 1910 he had become a city policeman, and by 1919, he'd begun the first of two tenures as Durham's chief of police (1919-1921 and 1930-1940). In 1934, he installed the first radio equipment in five police cars, and in 1938 he replaced the old one-way equipment with two-way radios in the departments 10 cars. Even though he started out as a farmer, Proctor wanted to change his career and become a protector of the people, and his story is an inspiring tale of doing just that.

Two years after the closing of the North Carolina State League due to World War I, the Durham Bulls joined the newly formed Piedmont League on Oct. 31, 1919. The Durham Bulls played in the Piedmont League for 24 years.